A 2015 study was bleaker: though black children accounted for about 35% of missing children cases in the FBI’s database, they amounted to only 7% of media references. Experts say media coverage ...

Nearly 800,000 children under the age of 18 are reported missing each year in the United States, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Of those reported ...

On National Missing Children’s Day, theGrio has compiled a list of some of the most recent reports of missing Black children in the U.S. based on data from the National Center for Missing and ...

NCMEC published the most information about missing Black children based on the latest data. It also discovered that the number of views of posts about Hispanic girls and boys was approximately ...

Data shows that when Black children go missing, they are disproportionately labeled “runaways,” putting them at high risk for being trafficked, advocates say.

It will apply to children and young people ages 12 to 25, as California lawmakers hope to confront a disproportionate number of young Black women who are missing. At least 39% of children reported ...

In a report on missing persons of color, Black and Missing Inc., a non-profit whose mission is to bring awareness to missing persons of color, said black children are underrepresented in the news ...

Missing black children: Honesti Selby, missing as of 1/5/2013, from Mesquite, Texas, age 13. Tynesha Taylor, missing as of 1/26/2013, from Detroit, Michigan, age 23.

Posts about Black children missing more than a year on average received half the number of views as posts about Black children missing a year or less. For posts about white children, views dropped ...

Families with missing children use any and all means, including social media, to spread the word about their child's disappearance, especially when they feel they are not receiving enough coverage ...

A 2015 study was bleaker: though black children accounted for about 35% of missing children cases in the FBI’s database, they amounted to only 7% of media references. Experts say media coverage ...

Missing Black children are underreported. theGrio has compiled a list of the most recent reports of missing Black children in the U.S.